Cuban antiterrorists

A large exhibition of Cuban contemporary art entitled ‘Mas alla del marco’ (Beyond the Frame), which includes pieces by two of the five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly held in the U.S. since 1998, will be hosted by London’s Gallery 27 as of Monday, April 23, until Saturday, April 28.

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Meetings with senators and other officials at the U.S. Congress in Washington marked the first day of activities of the International Solidarity Meeting for the Cuban Five.

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The campaign "Five Days for the Cuban Five" to demand that the Barack Obama government release five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in U.S. prisons immediately is taking place for fourth consecutive day in this capital on Friday.

Read more: USA: Fourth Day for Release of Cuban 5

From now until April 21, this capital will witness the claims of hundreds of activists who will demand that the White House release the Five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly held in U.S. prisons. The event was called by the International Committee for the Release of the Cuban Five, as those fighters are known internationally, and will have the assistance of friends from different cities in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe, pointed out the organization on its website.

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Representatives from 35 parties, unions, organizations and movements in Brazil are part of the Brasilia Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, the five Cuban anti terrorists held in the U.S. since 1998. This committee, which persists in their fight to obtain freedom for Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, René González, Antonio Guerrero y Fernando González, recently had a dialogue with some of the family members of the Five.

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Adriana Perez O’Connor has spent 14 years without seeing her husband, Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban Five imprisoned in the United States for conspiracy to commit espionage, and hope that the international pressure forces U.S. President Barack Obama to adopt a measure that enables them to meet again.

Read more: Wife of Cuban Five Member Asks US President for Human Gesture

To oblige Rene Gonzalez, one of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in U.S. prisons, to stay in that country for three years more after his release from prison, is a deliberate additional reprisal, Granma newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Read more: Cuba Denounces Injustice against One of Cuban 5

For the first time in 13 years, a French newspaper of international prestige has released an issue condemning the unfair situation of the Cuban Five. Promoted by the France-Cuba Association, the advert appeared in the September issue of the famous French monthly journal Le Monde Diplomatique.

Read more: Prestigious French Journal Publishes Article on Cuban Five

Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban Five submitted his request for a habeas corpus relief in March based on new evidence.  He received the US reply on 25th April this year opposing his request. He has now submitted a reply with additional information.

Read more: Interview with Richard Klugh by telephone to his office 23rd August 2011

Haitian journalist Jean Gary Apollon is known in his ravaged and destroyed Homeland for his radio show Latin Flavor, which broadcasts from the radio station Signal FM 90.5; one of the most important in the country based in Petionville, Port-au-Prince. From his radio show, Apollon builds a bridge of friendship and unity of Our America and also lends his voice to the just causes in our planet.

Read more: Solidarity with the Cuban Five Hits the Airwaves